A strange light effect that...

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A strange light effect that...

A strange light effect that...

A strange light effect that occurred when a first cloud started to build. Half an hour later the sky was densely covered. September 2000
Gangolf Haub
on Apr 14, 2004 1:51 pm
Lat/Lon: 46.50290°N / 10.62290°E
Image ID: 49460

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CharlesD

CharlesD - Apr 14, 2004 3:20 pm - Voted 10/10

Irridescent clouds

Hey great picture of a fairly uncommon atmospheric phenomenon!



It's called irridescent clouds and is a symptom of small, uniform water droplets in the upper atmosphere. See this link for another nice picture and some better descriptions of the science.

Gangolf Haub

Gangolf Haub - Apr 15, 2004 12:21 am - Hasn't voted

Re: Irridescent clouds

Thanks Charles, really interesting. The weird thing, however, was that this tiny little wannabe of a cloud turned into a fully covered sky only an hour later! Perfect weather up till then.



And it's a pity that you never catch the real beauty on a picture. Plus by scanning you again lose some quality (I only have the paper prints :-().



Too bad



Gangolf

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